The Burden of Denial
The non-negotiable foundation of any meaningful response to the crisis of our time, as I’ve pointed out more than once here, can be summed up conveniently with the acronym L.E.S.S.—that is, Less Energy, Stuff, and Stimulation.
Society
Introducing Community Engagement
To open our in depth exploration of Community Engagement, one of the elements of our Support Offer, Transition Network’s Transition Initiative Support Coordinator Mike Thomas sets the scene.
Ever Wanted to Live in a Treehouse?
This is like something out of every kid’s fantasy.
Rivershift
Unleashed, the industrial human flood swept across the Earth, drowning everything in its path that would not or could not join the sweep.
It’s Time to Get Serious About Systemic Solutions to Systemic Problems
It is time to begin a real conversation — locally, nationally and at all levels — about what a genuine alternative beyond corporate capitalism and state socialism would look like, and how we would build it.
The Rise of the Insurrectionary Imagination
The Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination….is a collective which…"aims at opening spaces…and bringing artists and activists together to…co-create more creative forms of …civil disobedience".
Atlantis Won’t Sink, Experts Agree
If you’re like most Atlanteans these days, you’ve heard all sorts of unnerving claims about the future of our continent.
Buzzing Artist Swarms City Walls to Save the Bees
With a little help from a spray can, a London-based street artist is swarming urban walls with a simple but important message: Save the bees.
The Ghosts of Islands Past
Several times a month I cycle by a small island located close to the south shore of Vancouver’s False Creek, a narrow inlet that separates the downtown peninsula from the city.
Economy, Ecology, Equity: Talking Resilience with Nikki Silvestri
You take away politics, take away whether you think trickle-down [economics] works, take away even what you think about race. Just look at this community. Are the families healthy and thriving? No? Okay. It’s not resilient.
The Working of Non-violence
In the wake of the financial crisis, political elites have become more concerned about their own survival than about the purpose of politics, and the gap between what they say and what they do, between speech and meaning, becomes wider all the time.
Quebec students strike against austerity and the petro economy
A kick-off demonstration, entitled “Popular Protest Against Austerity and the Petro Economy,” was held last Saturday in Montreal, and drew participants ranging from 5,000 to 12,000, depending on who was doing the counting.
